Towel-rack



J. R. ROBERTS. Towel-Rack.

Patented Jan. 27, assoQ WITNESSES: IN VENTOR ATTORNEYS.

N.PE ER$, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D 0.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. ROBERTS, OE YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

TOWEL- RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,952, dated January27, 1880.

' Application filed May 12 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J oHN R. ROBERTS, ofYoungstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Towel-Racks, of which the following is aspecification.

Figure l is a front View of my improved device, part of the roller beingbroken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is an end xiew of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is 'to furnish an improved towel-rack whichshall be simple in construction, easily and quickly put up and takendown, which will be firm and secure, not being liable to become looseand wabble, and which will allow the towel to be readily placed upon andremoved from it, and will prevent the edges of the towel from beingcaught and torn.

Theinvcniion consists in a towel-rack formed of a single piece of wirehaving its end parts bent to form the brackets and the bearingloops, ashereinafter fully described.

A represents the rack, which is formed of a single piece of wire. Themiddle part, a, of the wire is made straight, the length being a littlegreater than the width of the towel to be used. The end parts of thewire are then bent upward at right angles, and then outward at rightangles to formthe lower arms, c of the brackets. At the outer ends ofthe lower arms, a, are formed downwardly-projecting loops a to receivethe journals 1) of the roller B, and the ends of the wire are thencurved upward and inward to form the upper arms, a, of the brackets, andupon their ends are formed eyes to receive the screws by which the saidrack is secured to the wall or other support.

With this construction the straight middle part, a, of the rack restsagainst the wall or other support and rigidly connects the two brackets,so that the rack will be held firm and secure, and will be preventedfrom wabbling. t

The journals 1) of the roller B, around which the towel is passed, aredesigned to be made with grooves or necks to prevent the said rollerfrom having any longitudinal movement.

With this construction the edges of the towel will not be liable to becaught and cut or torn between the roller and brackets. With thisconstruction, also, the roller can be readily detached for putting on ortaking off the towel by raising its journals out of the bearingloops aHaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- Atowel-rack formed of a single piece of wire, A,having at the end of a straight middle part, a, two brackets providedwith lower arms, a loops a for the journals of roller B, and upper arms,a", as shown and described.

JOHN R. ROBERTS.

Witnesses:

J mm B. DAVIS, J OHN -A. LADD.

